Headway - Intermediate - Unit 4
Here you will find the vocabulary from Unit 4 in the Headway Intermediate coursebook, such as "physician", "wretched", "court", etc.
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a medical doctor who specializes in general medicine, not in surgery
related or belonging to people, not machines or animals
belonging to the sex that cannot give birth to babies or lay eggs but is capable of fertilization of the opposite sex
someone we like and trust
the red liquid that the heart pumps through the body, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues
the body part that is at the end of our leg and we stand and walk on
the body part that is in the middle of the leg and helps it bend
to have some information about something
(third-person plural possessive determiner) of or belonging to people, animals, or things that have already been mentioned or are easy to identify
an illness in a human, animal, or plant that affects health
a treatment or medication for a certain disease or injury
a condition or disease that makes one cough frequently
furniture we use to sleep on that normally has a frame and mattress
the first meal we have in the early hours of the day
the instructions on how to cook a certain food, including a list of the ingredients required
a plant or a part of it that we can eat either raw or cooked
something we can eat that grows on trees, plants, or bushes
a small, crisp, sweet baked good, often containing ingredients like chocolate chips, nuts, or dried fruit
to cause food, drink, or another substance to pass from the mouth down into the stomach, using the muscles of the throat
a sweet yellow or green bell-shaped fruit with a lot of juice
a drink we make by soaking dried tea leaves in hot water
things that people and animals eat, such as meat or vegetables
extremely bad in quality, state, or workmanship
having a quality that is satisfying
to a degree or extent that is sufficient or necessary
used to introduce a statement that makes the previous one less strong and somewhat surprising
the very strong emotion we have for someone or something that is important to us and we like a lot and want to take care of
item of clothing for our hands with a separate space for each finger
used to express an unspecified amount or number of something
to move toward a location that the speaker considers to be close or relevant to them
the place that we live in, usually with our family
very loved or cared for
a bad feeling that we get when we are afraid or worried
unable to be located or recovered and is no longer in its expected place
used to refer to someone or something that possesses the highest degree or amount of a particular quality
a job, position, or role, often within an organization or a company
the air taken into or sent out from the lungs
a type of strong shoe that covers the foot and ankle and often the lower part of the leg
to release a bullet or arrow from a gun or bow
the heaviness of something or someone, which can be measured
the distance from the top to the bottom of something or someone
to become covered or filled by water
a part of a plant from which the seed or fruit develops
the ability to control or have an effect on things or people
to reduce something in degree, amount, quality, or strength
to let someone or something do a particular thing
to move or travel behind someone or something
to have something such as clothes, shoes, etc. on your body
the group of people in a court including the judge and the jury
a part of an object, broken or cut from a larger one
a period of time that is made up of seven days in a calendar
to move smoothly and continuously in one direction, especially in a current or stream
a set of two matching items that are designed to be used together or regarded as one
